When Respondents Log into an Online Questionnaire and Pretend to Be

question 53

Multiple Choice

When respondents log into an online questionnaire and pretend to be someone else responding as this fictitious respondent would; this is called:

• A) bogus respondents
• B) multiple submissions
• C) fieldworkers become fatigued
• D) intentional fieldworker error
• E) misrepresentation

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Definitions:

Persistent Vegetative State

A condition of severe brain damage in which a person loses cognitive functions and awareness of the environment while retaining some basic physical functions and cycles of wakefulness.

Brain Death

A medical condition where all functions of the brain have irreversibly stopped, considered legally and medically as death.

Passive Euthanasia

Allowing a dying person to die naturally, without medical intervention, by withholding or withdrawing treatment.

Act of Commission

An action taken intentionally that causes harm or leads to unwelcome circumstances.